AFAP manages the Australian-Pacific Centre for Emergency and Disaster Information (APCEDI) to provide news on natural disaster events in the Asia-Pacific region and to help with rapid disaster response assessment. This was originally a communications network that was activated during a disaster to disseminate information to our Asia-Pacific NGO offices. Now APCEDI has a much wider application across the Asia-Pacific Region.

Cyclone Oli is currently moving into the far northwest of French Polynesia. It is moving east-southeast at 8 knots. Maximum sustained winds are 55 kts making it a moderate to strong tropical storm. It should strengthen into tomorrow and will likely approach Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.

West Polynesia (Ouest Polynésie), the Society Islands (îles de la Société), the Australes Group and outliers of Mopelia, Scilly, and Bellinghausen have been placed on a strong wind and heavy rain warning. As Cyclone Oli approached, this will likely be raised to Yellow and Orange Cyclone alerts as detailed below:

APCEDI

APCEDI is a service of AFAP
- the Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific and FSPI
- the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific International.

Disclaimer: This service provides indicative alert information
and should only be construed in conjunction with other sources of information
such as local and regional weather services. Reports are as accurate as possible,
but as the information is indicative, external confirmation should be sought.